From the author of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling novel, THE READER, a mesmerising collection of stories about about love in all its guises.A conversation between strangers on a long-haul flight will change lives for ever; one night in Baden-Baden will threaten to tear a couple apart; a meeting with an ex-lover will give a divorcee a second chance; holiday lovers will struggle in the harsh reality of daily routine...As Schlink's characters na...

History / World War I / World War II / Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor / Holocaust / Biography"This book is a milestone in recording the horrors of National Socialism. It is essential reading, and I am delighted that the translation has already received such keen attention in the United States."-Heinz Fischer, president of the Republic of Austria"This book is not only an enthralling read; every detail in it has also been thoroughly researched. From a scientific poi...

The 30th anniversary edition of the classic international bestseller, with a new afterword from Bernhard Schlink'A masterly work. Read this and read it again' - Observer'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of German conscience' - Independent'Examines the nature of understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness' - TimesFor 15-year-old Michael...

Visceral, raw, singular, and distinctive, Frost is the story of a friendship between a young man at the beginning of his medical career and a painter who is entering his final days.A writer of world stature, Thomas Bernhard combined a searing wit and an unwavering gaze into the human condition. Frost follows an unnamed young Austrian who accepts an unusual assignment. Rather than continue with his medical studies, he travels to a bleak mining town in the back of b...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - Region: Far East, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Regensburg (Institute for Politcal Science), course: China in World Politics, language: English, abstract: When in the night from June 3 to June 4, 1989 armoured personnel carriers and main battle tanks entered Tiananmen Square in Beijing the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) brought the world’s largest and longest–lasting movement dedicated to democracy to a violent end. The num...

"The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew, and Thomas" is a collection of early Christian texts that did not make it into the canonical New Testament. These apocryphal acts provide additional stories and legends about the apostles and their missionary activities. The publication of the apocryphal Acts in Greek and Latin by Lipsius and Bonnet as well as Schmidt have opened a large, but very little cultivated field of ancient Christian literature. The oldest of these Acts are those w...

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international consortium of expert scholars examining the ebb and flow of radical right movements from around the world. Starting with a concise analysis of key definitions of the radical right and hist...

A hands-on approach to tasks and techniques in data stream mining and real-time analytics, with examples in MOA, a popular freely available open-source software framework.Today many information sources—including sensor networks, financial markets, social networks, and healthcare monitoring—are so-called data streams, arriving sequentially and at high speed. Analysis must take place in real time, with partial data and without the capacity to store the entire data se...

Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1 (A), University of Graz (Institut für Finanzwirtschaft), language: English, abstract: This thesis provides an exhaustive and well-founded overview of risk measures, in particular of Value at Risk (VaR) and risk measures beyond VaR. Corporations are exposed to different kinds of risks and therefore risk management has become a central task for a successful company...

Life had been good for thirteen year old Micha el-Tigris, there at his birthplace in 3493 BCE beside the Tigris River near the village of Kuyunjik, later known as Nineveh. But that all changed in the course of seven days when all those most dear to him died: his mother, uncle, and his tiny pet goat. After an intimate encounter with his neighbours' daughter, he departed to the lands along the Middle Sea coast, to became there, by his own admission, the world's most powerful warrior....

Set at the beginning of the 21st century, this story follows Brett Beasley, a middle-aged ad executive and former Navy SEAL, as he embarks on a journey to West Texas in an attempt to escape his troubled past.Along the way, he crosses paths with Kathy, a young woman who is lost and headed to California. Over the course of five days, their brief yet intense affair sets his passion ablaze. As the story unfolds, Brett realizes that life's most important moments do not always play out as you th...

The International BestsellerDiscover how to win in any situation using the ancient wisdom of the Shaolin monks.The Shaolin monks in China are legendary for their mastery of kung fu, but the secret to their success – their ability to rise to any challenge, handle stress and overcome conflict – lies not in their physical strength but in their powerful mindset.Captivated by the legend of the Shaolin monks, leadership coach Bernhard Moe...